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Letters Patent No. 62,536, dated jlIarc-h 5, 1867; antedated .February16, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN ATTACHING STOPPERS TOBOTTLES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

B e it known that I, JOHN J. ESHLEMAN, of Philadelphia., Pennsylvania,have invented an Attachment for Bottle Stoppers; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters ofreference marked Ithereon.

My invention consists of an elastic ring and a chain combined with abottle stopper, in the manner described hereafter, so that the stoppermay be securely attached to and readily detached from the bottle whenrequired.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use myinvention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and themanner in which it is applied. On reference to the accompanying drawing,which forms a part et' this specificationl Figure 1 represents a bottlestopper with my attachment.

Figure 2 the same, applied to a bottle; and 'V Figures 3 and 4modifications of part of the attachment.

A is a. metal socket, in which is secured a stopper, P, ot' cork, orother suitable material, and to the top` of this socket is connected oneend of a chain, a. To the other end of the chain a is secured a curvedmetal tube, C, through which extends a portion of a spiral spring, D,the opposite ends of the said spring (which is bent in the formrof aring)being secured together within the tube. When it is desired toconnect the stopper to a bottle, the elastic ring D is slipped over theusual enlargement It, at the mouth of the bottle, until it,

occupies a position on the neck below the said enlargement, as shown infig. 1, the ring expanding as it passes' overthc enlargement, and thencontracting so as to adhere firmly to the neck, and remain in theposition in which itis placed. Instead ot' a ring composed ot' a spiralspring a split ring of wire may be used, one end bein-g secured to 'thetube Cfand the other end projecting into and sliding in the tube, asshown in tig. 3; or the tube C may be dispensed with, and a split wirering, similar to that shown in tig. 4, may be used. It will be seen thatby the use of this attachment a stopper may be securely connected 'to abottle, while it can be readily detached when required.

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Anexpanding or elastic ring D and a chain, a, in combination with a.stopper, B, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specilieetion in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

J. J. ESHLEMAN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. FOSTER, JOHN Wnrre.

